Urban agriculture came to stand out in the world scenario in the last years of the twentieth century and beginning of the XXI, due to the greater concern of the population with food security and the aggravation of social, ...

This research presents a discussion that involves the urban agriculture theme and its relation with poverty. Inside a new existing context related to the rural and urban environment, the urban agriculture arises, most of ...

The main objective of this text was to perform a descriptive analysis of urban and periurban agriculture in two cuban medium cities - Camaguey and Cienfuegos, aiming to understand the importance of this economic activity ...

As the world population in cities has surpassed that of rural areas, urban and periurban agricul-ture (UPA) can become an important strategy, not only to feed the people, but also to mitigate climate change. In the city ...